Opening windows into the mind: Mothers' preferences for mental state explanations and children's theory of mind

Cognitive Development

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 399-429

  Peterson, Candida ^a   Slaughter, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Maternal Mental State Input Inventory; Mothers; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042865886     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2014(03)00041-8     Document Type: Article

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